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No. 65294
>>65291
"In" has a very clearly defined meaning. It can be applied to a wide variety of contexts, but this is not one of them. You cannot put a rank inside of another rank, that's absurd. It only makes sense when you explain that it has origins in a completely different language and is an condensed form of a phrase than no one uses. A completely objective observer would have to be explained this history and context. In the offending post (>>65269), it is stated that if one were to "think about it", they could deduce why it is "commander in chief" despite that not making any sense. "Thinking about it" suggests that one would be able to logically work out a phrase or word with no more provided information.
So the assertion is that, just by looking at it, one would be able to discern the full context and history of the term "commander in chief". One might be able to discern its meaning, but that is not what is being debated here, but rather why an alternate, more logical term is not used in its stead.
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